Milwaukee County, Wisc. Sheriff David Clarke, Jr. discussed with Sean Hannity how Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been heavily scrutinized by the media, compared to President Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

"They're covering for him," Clarke said of Obama, "pay no attention to the 'man behind the curtain'," he added.

"The liberal mainstream media is dwindling into irrelevancy...and Donald Trump understands this is a dragon that has to be slayed."

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